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September 01, 2025
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Chinese President Xi Jinping
addresses a
banquet to welcome international guests
at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center
in
Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025.
Xi and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet
in China's port
city of Tianjin to welcome
international
guests who are here to attend
the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua]
TIANJIN
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said,
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO)
is shouldering greater responsibilities for safeguarding
regional peace and stability, and for boosting development of
various countries in a world of increasing uncertainties and
accelerated changes.
Xi made the remarks at a banquet to welcome
international guests who are in China's
port city of Tianjin to attend the
SCO Summit 2025 from Sunday to Monday.
Before the banquet, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan
welcomed the guests when they arrived.
Addressing the banquet, Xi expressed confidence that with concerted
efforts of all parties, the summit will be a complete success, and
that the SCO is certain to play an even bigger role and achieve more
progress, making greater contribution to boosting the unity and
cooperation among member states, pooling the strength of the
Global South and pushing for more progress of human
civilization.
Founded in Shanghai in June 2001, the SCO has expanded from six
founding members into a 26-nation family of 10 members, two
observers and 14 dialogue partners spanning Asia, Europe and Africa.
With major emerging markets and developing countries such as
China, Russia and India among its members,
the SCO represents nearly half of the world's
population and a quarter of the global economy.
The Tianjin summit is the largest-ever annual
summit of the group. Member states are expected to adopt key
documents, including the organization's development strategy for the
next decade.
It is also President Xi's second time hosting the event, with the
participation of leaders from more than 20 countries and 10
international organizations. Prior to the summit, Xi held more than
a dozen bilateral meetings with arriving leaders in Tianjin.
Xi told the guests at the banquet that as an open and inclusive
city, Tianjin serves as a pioneering zone for China's reform and
opening-up, and hosting the summit here will undoubtedly inject new
vitality into the sustainable development of the SCO.
The SCO has become an important force in building a new type of
international relations and a community with a shared future for
humanity, he added.
The summit includes the 25th Meeting of the Council of
Heads of State of the SCO as well as the "SCO Plus" Meeting,
both of which will be held on Monday.
Participants at the meetings will discuss plans for cooperation and
development, and work to improve global governance, Xi said.
He expressed the hope that the SCO will, under the guidance of
Shanghai Spirit, set sail once again from Tianjin toward an even
brighter future.
After the banquet, Xi and Peng joined the guests in watching an art
performance.
Senior Chinese officials including Cai Qi, Wang Yi,
Chen Min'er, and Wang Xiaohong were present at the event.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping
addresses a banquet to welcome international guests at
the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in
Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and his wife,
Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port
city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are
here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Kyrgyz
President Sadyr Japarov at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
international guests before a welcoming banquet at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Kyrgyz
President Sadyr Japarov at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Maldivian
President Mohamed Muizzu at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north
China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a
banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with General
Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith
at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in
Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on
Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin
to welcome international guests who are here to attend
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Kazakh
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north
China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a
banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Tajik
President Emomali Rahmon at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation
Organization Asad Khan at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Min Aung
Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north
China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a
banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Uzbek
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Malaysian
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north
China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a
banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Kao Kim
Hourn, secretary-general of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN), at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Director
of the Executive Committee of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
Ularbek Sharsheev at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north
China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a
banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Cambodian
Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Armenian
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Pakistani
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Meijiang Convention
and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
Secretary-General of the Conference on Interaction and
Confidence Building Measures in Asia Kairat Sarybay at
the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in
Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on
Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin
to welcome international guests who are here to attend
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Turkmen
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north
China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a
banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Russian
President Vladimir Putin at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Nepali
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his wife at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Secretary
General of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergey Lebedev at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center
in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on
Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin
to welcome international guests who are here to attend
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Mongolian
President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh and his wife at the Meijiang
Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north
China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a
banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Nurlan
Yermekbayev at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition
Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and
Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of
Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to
attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Chairman
of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Meijiang Convention and
Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Prime
Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly and his wife at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his wife at the
Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin,
north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted
a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome
international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Meijiang Convention
and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31,
2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's
port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who
are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with President
of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Jin Liqun at
the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in
Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on
Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin
to welcome international guests who are here to attend
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.
[Photo/Xinhua] |
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